1. Geotechnical Safety Network GEOSNet General Meeting PRESENTED BY KK PHOON (CHAIR, GEOSNet Board) Second International Symposium on Geotechnical Safety and Risk, Nagaragawa International Convention Centre, Gifu, Japan, June 11-12 2009

2. GEOSNET GENERAL MEETING ALL ARE WELCOME DATE: 12 JUNE 2009 TIME: 1735-1800 VENUE: SESSION ROOM 1

3. WHAT IS GEOSNET? To promote, coordinate, and support activities relating to geotechnical safety http://geosnet.geoengineer.org

4. 2 ND GEOSNet BOARD (2007-2009) CHAIR: KK PHOON, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE CO-CHAIR: Y HONJO, GIFU UNIVERSITY, JAPAN MEMBERS: D BECKER, GOLDER ASSOCIATES, CANADA CT CHIN, MOH & ASSOCIATES, TAIWAN (PAST CHAIR) M FABER, ETH ZURICH, SWITZERLAND K HORIKOSHI, TAISEI CORPORATION, JAPAN HW HUANG, TONGJI UNIVERSITY, CHINA B SIMPSON, ARUP GEOTECHNICS, UK

5. GEOSNet SECRETARIAT (2007-2009) CH WANG, GEOPIER M UZIELLI, GEORISK ENGINEERING, ITALY

6. APPRECIATION DR CHUNG-TIEN CHIN, FOUNDING CHAIR (2006-2007), PAST BOARD MEMBER (2007-2009) PROFESSOR HONGWEI HUANG, PAST BOARD MEMBER (2006-2009), CHAIR OF 1 ST ISGSR (2007)

7. 3 RD GEOSNet BOARD (2009-2011) CHAIR: Y HONJO, GIFU UNIVERSITY, JAPAN CO-CHAIR: B SCHUPPENER MEMBERS: D BECKER, GOLDER ASSOCIATES, CANADA ML LIN, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF TAIWAN, TAIWAN M FABER, ETH ZURICH, SWITZERLAND K HORIKOSHI, TAISEI CORPORATION, JAPAN KK PHOON, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE (PAST CHAIR) DM ZHANG, TONGJI UNIVERSITY, CHINA

8. GEOSNet SECRETARIAT (2009-2011) T HARA, GIFU UNIVERSITY, JAPAN M UZIELLI, GEORISK ENGINEERING, ITALY

9. TASK GROUPS TG1: CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION ORGANIZATION OF 3 RD ISGSR COORDINATOR: B SCHUPPENER/N VOGT TG2: DESIGN CODES IN ASIA PROMOTE/HARMONIZE CODE ACTIVITIES IN ASIA COORDINATOR: Y HONJO TG3: RELIABILITY BENCHMARKING ESTABLISH BENCHMARK PROBLEMS FOR VALIDATION/TUTORIAL COORDINATOR: JY CHING TG4: DESIGN CODE UPDATES DISCUSSION AND INFORMATION ON GEOTECHNICAL DESIGN STANDARDS COORDINATOR: B SCHUPPENER

10. MEMBERSHIP INDIVIDUAL = 85 INSTITUTIONAL = 4 NO FEES!

11. BECOMING A MEMBER ALL IS-GIFU 2009 DELEGATES ARE ENCOURAGED TO JOIN AS MEMBERS APPLICATION FORM PROVIDED IN CONFEFRENCE BAG/DOWNLOAD FROM WEBSITE

12. BECOMING A MEMBER DELEGATES CAN PARTICIPATE MORE ACTIVELY AS: TASK GROUP COORDINATORS TASK GROUP MEMBERS INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERS WELCOME PREFERABLE TO EMAIL FORM IN DOC FORMAT TO DR MARCO UZIELLI (muz@georisk.eu)

13. COMING NEXT … 3 RD ISGSR MUNICH, 2011

14. TERMS OF REFERENCE Expand the base of participation in industry and government agencies Raise awareness in practice/education and to expedite transfer of knowledge between research and practice/ education Promote sharing of information on development of geotechnical design codes between countries Promote liaison with related committees within and without the geotechnical engineering community (TC23; TC32; GI-RAM; JCSS; ETC)

15. TERMS OF REFERENCE Promote research and practice on assurance of geotechnical safety to keep pace with advancements in numerical methods, risk management methods, materials/equipment, and construction methods Stimulate more discussions on safety issues in complex projects at design, construction, maintenance, and other stages Encourage engineers to embrace uncertainties and risks more explicitly and more systematically in practice and education